Design and development De Bruyère C 1



crash of c 1 prototype rotary-tip aileron detail.


a 150 hp hispano-suiza 8aa water-cooled engine located aft of wings drove 2 blade pusher propeller mounted @ extreme tail, via long shaft. using ventral fin long tail skid protect propeller , short vertical stabilizer, c 1 had no fixed horizontal stabilizer. tricycle landing gear , advanced metal fuselage unusual era. designed have unrestricted forward field of fire, fuselage had 2 large circular windows on each side downward visibility. armament consisted of single 37mm cannon.


its first , flight made in april 1917 @ flight test facilities used farman aviation works , blériot aéronautique in Étampes, france.


the c 1 reached altitude of 25 feet before entering uncontrolled roll before crashing inverted. test pilot survived no further development of type pursued.








Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Discography Three Man Army

Biography Pavel Yablochkov

History VMFA-121